tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429642.post880091494494081121..comments2017-04-04T01:40:35.375-05:00Comments on HEY YU!: Great Expectations: TEDxAustin 2011Samuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808929959083043972noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429642.post-64004370329792724502011-02-22T13:51:06.073-06:002011-02-22T13:51:06.073-06:00Sam, thanks for the summary. I enjoyed reading it....Sam, thanks for the summary. I enjoyed reading it. It seems to me you were looking for more thematic cohesion, which can be quite hard to build, especially early in an event&#39;s history. Everybody took their own spin on &quot;Right Now,&quot; which wasn&#39;t your practical, takeaway-rich concept. Are the TED or Aspen-Institute sessions strongly thematic?<br />Overall sounds like it was a lot Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04818150160957348130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429642.post-33037030433445910682011-02-22T10:30:37.384-06:002011-02-22T10:30:37.384-06:00@Samuel Thank you. Our exchange here on your blog ...@Samuel Thank you. Our exchange here on your blog is one more sign of the uniqueness of the TED community. This sort of thoughtful, yet candid, exchange doesn&#39;t happen in many places, nor often enough. As for the bald thing, I can understand how that might come across as trite. Hopefully, for Kethan, it will let him know he has a big fan rooting for him. Thanks for adding him to your prayersGary Thompsonhttp://www.linkedin.com/garyleethompsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429642.post-23286516680650894802011-02-22T09:59:08.069-06:002011-02-22T09:59:08.069-06:00@Hannah It was definitely a lot to take in, and at...@Hannah It was definitely a lot to take in, and at times it was hard to stay focused. Overall, it was a very good experience. I think you should apply to attend next year, I&#39;m pretty sure you&#39;d get accepted!<br /><br />@Gary Thank you for your thoughtful response to my somewhat hastily written review. Perhaps hokey was too strong of a word. I have the utmost respect for what you have Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808929959083043972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429642.post-18858063190326900432011-02-22T09:22:08.014-06:002011-02-22T09:22:08.014-06:00Samuel -
I regret that my talk came across as &qu...Samuel -<br /><br />I regret that my talk came across as &quot;hokey.&quot; As I said to Omar at a SXSW mixer last night, my intent was to be vulnerable and open in the spirit of Brené Brown who came not long after me (a surprise). <br /><br />Watching your own wife lose her hair to chemotherapy, while pregnant with your third child is not an attempt to be hokey but to show why all of this is Gary Thompsonhttp://www.cloudinc.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429642.post-52135709428574051282011-02-22T08:12:12.943-06:002011-02-22T08:12:12.943-06:00Sam, what a very thoughtful and thorough recap. I ...Sam, what a very thoughtful and thorough recap. I must admit that as a TED fan I was rather jealous when I saw where you were Saturday! It sounds like such a salad bar of topics. Some of them I would have loved to see, although I think it might have felt like information overload!<br />Did you know that maz Jobrani is occasionally a panelist On wait wait don&#39;t tell me?Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11034180396689442335noreply@blogger.com